♪ ♪ . captioning sponsored by cbs >> glor: on the "cbs evening news" this thursday, the mueller report is out. the fascinating details are in. we will break down the evidence and the impact. >> no collusion. no obstruction. >> but there were at least ten instances that the special counsel raised that could be considered potential obstruction. >> the president is saying by his own people because they refuse. >> you always hear people who have nothing to hide, hide nothing and it seems like they were hiding a lot. >> trump is trump. his inclination to counter-punch almost suceeded in counter- punching his way into an obstruction case. >> reaction coming down along predictable party lines.

>> if anyone thinks this is the end of the special counsel's investigation or the headaches it has caused the president, the redactions that i'm seeing here suggest otherwise. >> glor: and, 20 years after columbine began, the era of school shootings. survivors remember. >> every morning when i wake up i recite the names of my beloved 13. >> glor: good evening. i'm jeff glor. and this is our western edition. we're going to begin tonight with a report for the history books. the mueller report is 448 pages, two volumes, and one giant political football. key points: the special counsel says he looked at ten incidents that could potentially have led to obstruction of justice, the most dramatic, the president wanted the probe over when he found out it was happening, he thought it was the end of his presidency and at one point ordered the white house counsel to fire robert mueller. that did not happen. in the end, no conclusion on obstruction, but no exoneration. today the president tweeted, "game over" on a "game of thrones" graphic. one aide said mr. trump was feeling "jacked." the mueller is lightly redacted mostly involving ongoing investigations.

our team has been looking into gl of this, and we begin with paula reid. >> i'm having a good day, too. it was called no collusion, no obstruction. ( cheers and applause ) r reporter: president trump took a victory lap today as congress and the public finally got to read the redacted mueller report. the much-anticipated document was delivered to lawmakers around 11:00 a.m. on compact discs, and shortly after that posted online where anyone was able to dive into the more than 400-page report 22 months in the making. on the question of obstruction, attorney general william barr said special counsel robert mueller uncovered evidence mr. trump was at least thinking about interfering in the probe. >> the report recounts ten episodes involving the president and discusses legal theories of connecting activities to the elements of an obstruction

offense. >> reporter: the report states, "the president's efforts to influence the investigation were r stly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the president declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests." some of those requests were directed at former white house counsel don mcgahn. the report states that in june 2017, the president "called elgahn twice and told him to have the special counsel fired." mcgahn refused and even considered resigning. the report also reveals the president's reaction when then- attorney general jeff sessions told him about mueller's appointment. according to sessions' former chief of staff, the president slumped in his chair and said, hah, my god. this is terrible. this is the end of my presidency. i'm f-ed. everyone tells me, if you get one of these independent counsels, it ruins your rresidency. it takes years and years, and i won't be able to do anything. heis is the worst thing that ever happened to me." the report says mueller's team struggled with the legal precedents for charging a sitting president with

obstruction, calling them "difficult issues." but mueller reports to barr, and the attorney general decided there was not sufficient evidence of a crime. barr said the president took no het that impeded the investigation, and explained some of mr. trump's controversial statements this way: ti there is substantial evidence to show that the president was frustrated and angered by his sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency. >> reporter: the report includes the president's answers to written questions, but reveals the special counsel found those "inadequate." "we considered whether to issue a subpoena for his testimony," the report says, "but citing potentially lengthy constitutional litigation with resulting delay, the special counsel did not move forward. on the issue of russian collusion, the report says the investigation uncovered multiple links between trump campaign officials and individuals tied

to the russian government. and in some instances the campaign was receptive to the offer of help from the russians. of special interest was the june 2016 trump tower meeting attended by the president's son, donald trump, jr., son-in-law jared kushner, campaign chairman paul manafort, and a russian lawyer promising dirt on hillary clinton. mueller's team concluded they would unlikely be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the meeting participants had general knowledge that their conduct was unlawful." in the end, the special counsel "did not establish that the campaign coordinated or innspired with the russian government in its election interference." w we now know that the russian operatives who perpetrated these schemes did not have the cooperation of president trump or the trump campaign, or the knowing assistance of any other american, for that matter. >> glor: all right. so paula, mueller did not make a decision on obstruction. barr did. now that we've seen the special counsel report, is that what mueller intended?

>> reporter: jeff, we don't know ehat mueller intended. at the press conference earlier today, before anyone had ectually seen the report, iatorney general william barr denied that mueller had left this question of obstruction up to congress. but in the actual report, mueller acknowledges that congress can determine if the president's actions constitute a violation of the constitution. and he's clearly laid out a roadmap in his report for any lawmakers who would like to pursue an investigation. >> glor: okay. paula reid, thank you very much. the president was quick to seclare total victory, but it's not so simple. here is weijia jiang. weekend in florida without taking questions about the redacted mueller report. n rlier, he discredited the investigation, and once again used his catchphrase, "no collusion." >> there never was, by the way, nd there never will be. and we do have to get to the bottom of these things, i will

say, and this should never happen. >> reporter: on twitter, he "hanneled the tv show "game of thrones," proclaiming "game over." but despite repeated declarations of exoneration from the white house-- >> i call this a political proctology exam. actually, the attorney general and the deputy attorney general in the original four-page memo said they found no basis for obstruction, and you know he's been cleared. >> reporter: and from the president's personal attorney: >> we're very, very happy. it's a clear victory. i think any lawyer would say, when you get a declination, you just won. oc reporter: president trump, his associates, and the trump campaign could face other legal challenges. the special counsel referred a total of 14 matters of potential criminal activity to other prosecutors, like the case involving michael cohen, the president's former fixer and personal attorney. y. pleaded guilty to several charges, including campaign finance violations linked to hush money payments to women who waim to have had affairs with mr. trump.

new york state is also investigating the president's business dealings and financial holdings. inter leaving the white house today, president trump tweeted le could have ended the whole witch hunt and fired everyone, including mueller, if he wanted to. he also pointed out his decision not to use executive privilege to withhold parts of the report. jeff? >> glor: weijia, thank you very much. democrats in congress responded. here is jerry nadler, who chairs the house judiciary committee. >> attorney general barr appears eo have shown an unsettling willingness to undermine his own ispartment in order to protect president trump. barr's words and actions suggest he has been disingenuous and misleading in saying the miesident is clear of wrongdoing. >> glor: nancy, so, nancy cordes, given those comments from jerry nadler, what is the democrats' next move? >> reporter: well, first and

foremost, they want to hear from robert mueller in the flesh. and you already have multiple committees calling on him to testify here on capitol hill as early as next month. beyond that, they really want to get their hands on the anredacted version of this report, and a short time ago, the attorney general said that key lawmakers from both sides will be able to view some of that sensitive material in secure reading rooms here on the eill next week. il glor: and nancy, what are democrats saying about impeachment right now? >> reporter: well, it appears to i off the table for now, especially because the president wasn't found to be charged with anything. tht there are still seven evmmittees in the house alone that are looking into potential wrongdoing by the president and his administration. and the democrats who lead some of those committees, jeff, said f,at just because the president's actions weren't found to be criminal, doesn't mean that they weren't improper ord worthy of more scrutiny. >> glor: nancy cordes, thank s,u. jonathan turley is a law professor at george washington university. always good to have you here, professor.

h thank you. pr glor: 448 pages. who can claim victory? ictoell, it depends how you define victory. the president defines victory as being unindicted and unimpeached. that's not a very appealing slogan-- three years, no indictments. it doesn't exactly appeal to most politicians. because in the report, he comes across as rather unhinged and obsessive, but not necessarily obstructive. and so how that plays out for either the president or the democrats, we'll have to see. >> glor: are you surprised the eesident did not exert riecutive privilege? >> i am. i think that you have to acknowledge that that was a commendable decision. s have not seen a report of this kind, with this type of waiver le executive privilege. it is a commendable decision to release this. ou could have tied this up in f>>t for years. tey comingp here, what mies that mean? does that change anything? >> well, because of the waiver of executive privilege, this is going to be like a free-range prosecutor.

he can actually go into a lot dore than we usually see, and they're going to press him on some of these details, you know. particularly the fact that the president wanted to fire him. and so you are left with this ern-like question, if the president orders an obstructive act and nobody listens, is it still obstruction? ru glor: and this is don mcgahn who almost resigned. in the end, is don mcgahn the key figure in almost all of this? >> he comes across pretty good. i mean, he stands there and says, i'm not going to do it, not once, but he refuses multiple basic orders from a sitting president, even saying that he went back to his law office to clear out his stuff. , tean, this was an amazing mastorical moment, and he comes across quite well in it. >> glor: remarkable. jonathan turley, thank you very much. >> thank you, jeff. >> glor: okay. still ahead here on the "cbs evening news" tonight, violent storms in the south.

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be a booker at booking.com >> glor: saturday marks 20 years since the columbine massacre in colorado. two teenagers murdered 12 ouhoolmates and a teacher and wounded 20 others. we brought together five survivors, each with their own story and each with their own powerful lesson to pass on today. on that day in 1999, craig scott's sister rachel was the first person killed. >> how are you? good to see you. >> glor: craig is seeing amanda stare for the first time since evacuating the school 20 years sto. >> everything okay? >> yeah. >> glor: heather martin formed jee rebels project, a group that goes to the scene of mass shootings to assist. michelle wheeler now teaches middle school english in the district, and has never spoken ablicly about that day. frank deangelis was the

principal. ob continued to serve in the job for another 15 years, a promise to see every student who was in the system at the time of the shooting, through graduation. show of hands, how many of you think about it every day? all of you. >> every morning when i wake up, as soon as i get out of bed, i recite the names of my beloved 13. >> glor: how many of you, show of hands, still ask why? none of you. noy is that? >> we've all been there. we've all been at that point where we're just angry at the world. >> i also think it's a question that can never be answered. we don't know why they did what they did. >> glor: so you stop trying to wonder. >> well, i mean, i have forgiven them. i think they lost their lives way before the 20th. i think they were very broken souls. there's nothing i would get out of knowing why. >> glor: michelle, you haven't spoken about this publicly. >> no. >> glor: since. >> right. >> glor: you have a 13-year-old. >> uh-huh. >> glor: how does that impact

the way you raise her? >> i started telling her about the shooting when she was five and going into kindergarten. and i started very ldvelopmentally-appropriate, telling her, "mommy is sad that her friends are in heaven." and then as she got older, i told her more. the hardest day of my life was sending her to kindergarten. i ended up in mr. frank deangelis' office in tears. i had no idea what i was doing, why i was letting her go, and every day still is a struggle. you know, every day i make sure i say "i love you," and then i am so excited when she gets back lo my car at the end of the day. >> glor: do you think about where she can get out places, exits? >> we'll be in the doctor's office or king supers or somewhere, and i'll say, show me five places where you'll hide, because it could happen anywhere, and i want her to be prepared. and i think it makes me feel prepared. >> glor: while michelle raises

her daughter and teaches in the district, heather frequently travels outside it. >> the rebels project, we really focus in long-term, because you know, after an event, all t'e help in the world is focused on that one area, and it's really after the cameras go away iat people start to feel that toolation and start to feel that loneliness. so our outreach doesn't start until, you know, sometimes months after the event. er glor: do you still feel the isolation and loneliness? >> i don't feel the isolation dymore. i know i'm not alone. >> glor: craig scott formed a group called "value up," which teaches kids about respect. he's had kids acknowledge terrible thoughts. one even handed him a hit list. he handed you a hit list? family and i have, we have seen over a dozen documented school shootings prevented from sharing, really, the story of my sister. >> glor: what are you trying to tell kids these days? >> i meet so many kids that are feeling disconnected or don't feel that they're valuable. alen i learned about the

shooters at columbine, i saw in their journals a real self- hatred, that they didn't value themselves. and if you were to ask me the biggest reason that columbine happened, it wasn't bullying at our school. it wasn't the medication they were on. it wasn't the lack of gun control. it wasn't that our school was a bad place, or bad parenting. the biggest reason i tell kids that columbine happened was that the shooters focused on everything that was negative in evis world. >> glor: if there is one thing you want people to know 20 years later, what is it? >> what columbine represents sen i speak to the communities from parkland and santa fe and sandy hook, i say columbine ipresents hope, and even though the road is going to be tough, it's going to be a tough journey. you're going to be kicked down. you got to get back up. e'd we're all there. se're all part of this club. and we can all help each other. but i truly believe that the columbine community is stronger today than what it was almost 20 years ago, and we provide hope ar others.

>> glor: and we want to thank everyone in littleton for spending time with us. still ahead here tonight, investigators think they know what started the fire at notre dame. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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western canada. the three, one american and two from austria, were attempting to scale a mountain in alberta. french investigators said today an electrical short circuit may rtve caused the devastating fire at notre dame cathedral. it was undergoing renovations when the fire broke out monday destroying the steeple and much of the roof. up next here tonight, farewell to a pilot who helped turn the tide of world war ii. we humans are strange creatures. other species avoid pain and struggle. we actually... seek it out. other species do difficult things because they have to. we do difficult things. because we like to. we think it's... fun. introducing the all-new 2019 ford ranger

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who struck back at japan at a time when america was still reeling from the attack on pearl harbor. after dropping their bombs on dokyo, cole and his crew bailed out over china as their plane ran out of fuel and crashed. he lived to be 103, and as age whittled down their number, the surviving raiders decided to hold their last public reunion in 2013. >> all good things have to come to an end. >> reporter: they played to a packed house and people stood in line to shake dick cole's hand. >> i had no idea you guys were such a big deal. >> we didn't either. >> reporter: today, in a hangar at an air force base in texas, dick cole packed the house one last time. david martin, cbs news. >> glor: and that is the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm jeff glor. we will see you tomorrow. have a great night. captioning sponsored by cbs who doesn't love a deal?

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